What warships in the Channel?
tony nicholson@tonynichol36992
@afneil What about warships in the channel
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Andrew Neil
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Andrew Neil
@afneil
Columnist for Daily Mail UK and MailOnline USA. @TimesRadio anchor. Former Chairman of The Spectator, Editor Sunday Times, BBC TV anchor, Chairman Sky TV
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Yes. People who knowingly lie about me make me angry.
𝗧𝗲𝗮𝗺U𝗻𝗶𝗼𝗻@TeamUnion_UK
@afneil You seem well angry..
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Either produce evidence that I was part of the Brexit campaign or advocated it or have ever ‘gone on about sovereignty’ — or simply STFU.
And you seem to know even less abut defence than you do about me.
The UK nuclear deterrent is operationally independent.
France, which you think so much of, has a keen sense of sovereignty. But, like the UK, it has no shield against long-range ballistic missiles.
On this key military issue Brexit is irrelevant.
Alex Taylor@AlexTaylorNews
Interesting to see suddenly how all these Brexiteers, who went on so much about "sovereignty" are now realising the UK not only ... doesn't have its independent nuclear deterrent ↙️(contrary to🇫🇷) but is also basically defenceless against ballistic missiles↘️(contrary to most of the EU which is much better protected - like🇫🇷and🇩🇪 with Patriot and SAMP/T) Defending your country against attack - 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 would seem to be sovereignty that actually matters. They were so busy moaning about yoghurt additives, they forgot not only to talk (even know ?) about this, but more importantly regarding the Brexiteers in power, to actually 𝒅𝒐 anything about it
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The US federal deficit has now passed $39 trillion — >120% of US GDP. It will likely hit $40 billion+ before the year is out, especially given the growing costs of the War with Iran.
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Yes there’s an element of NATO protection. But it’s patchy and we’ve yet to sign up fully to the European Sky Shield. Also heavily reliant on US capabilities. I think you see the problem …
Werdner Rebrab ’man man’@andybarber654
@afneil @nats_tired We don’t need one. We have layered defences in cooperation with Europe and Turkey.
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Mr Reed also implies that we successfully defended Diego Garcia from Iranian missile attack. Untrue. Let’s set the record straight:
One Iranian ballistic missile failed in flight — malfunctioned mid-flight or broke up on re-entry. Either way it never reached the target area.
The other was engaged/intercepted by a U.S. Navy guided-missile destroyer nearby, which fired an SM-3 interceptor at it and destroyed it.
UK forces played no part in the defence of Diego Garcia. Nor do they have the capability to do so.
Mr Reed says UK won’t be dragged into the US’s War. Fair enough. But he’s happy for the US to defend what is a British base — and didn’t even thank them for it.
Andrew Neil@afneil
Like so many ministers in the Starmer government (maybe most) this minister — Steve Reed — has no idea what he’s talking about and is totally out of his depth. Which, when the matter is national security, is rather serious.
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With what?
Michael Morgan@Michael39771039
@afneil Andrew you wrong.Steve is right .what matters is if the UK has the capability to intercept missiles. It doesn't matter who has long range missiles .Israel ,US ,Turkey , Zimbabwe has long range missiles.if any of them send them to UK we will intercept them
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Like so many ministers in the Starmer government (maybe most) this minister — Steve Reed — has no idea what he’s talking about and is totally out of his depth. Which, when the matter is national security, is rather serious.
LBC@LBC
‘People will conclude from your lack of answer that they can hit us…’ @Lewis_Goodall presses Labour’s Steve Reed on the likelihood of an Iranian missile attack on British soil.
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No. It’s going much further — buying Israel’s state of the art Arrow 3.
Katie 🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🦘🏴@KatieGrace2022
@afneil I read earlier that Germany is buying Iron Done from Israel…
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I am very wary of reports that the UK is now within range of Iranian ballistic missiles.
But if the reports are true, let’s be in no doubt: the UK has no defences against such missiles.
No dedicated national ballistic missile defence (BMD) system for intercepting intermediate- or intercontinental-range threats aimed at the homeland.
No ground-based interceptors (like US THAAD or Patriot systems in Europe) deployed in Britain for this purpose.
In theory our T-45 warships could provide some cover. But most are currently undeployable or not in UK waters.
Leaving us defenceless from ballistic missile attack. Another massive military failure of the political class of all recent governments.
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Just add 8% to current UK GDP to make up the Brexit ‘shortfall’, then compare our GDP growth to other major European and G7 economies — and it quickly becomes apparent it’s anything but credible!!
Noel Dowling@noelmarydowling
@afneil A credible academic paper in 2025 estimated that Brexit reduced the level of UK GDP by around 6–8%. Not an absolute fall in GDP, but a cumulative, gradual shortfall in economic growth compared to what it would have been if the UK had remained in the EU.
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ANDREW NEIL: There's a bunch of clueless inadequates at the tiller mol.im/a/15665931 via @DailyMail
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ANDREW NEIL: We’re heading into what could be the greatest energy emergency ever with a bunch of clueless inadequates at the tiller mol.im/a/15665931
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Andrew Neil รีทวีตแล้ว
Great line from @afneil in his article today...
"Put aside the ungracious thought that the concept of Rayner lecturing investors on the flaws of the OBR’s modelling methodology is the equivalent of me lecturing the Royal College of Surgeons on brain surgery."
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Andrew Neil รีทวีตแล้ว
ANDREW NEIL: We're stuck in an oil and gas crisis - and there's a bunch of clueless inadequates at the tiller trib.al/Q8uqF42
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Andrew Neil รีทวีตแล้ว
Oh yes. I am well known for my enthusiasm for aristocratic toffs.
Matty Smithy♿️🇬🇧🇪🇺@Matt247821
@afneil So you would want a aristocratic toff who would give free money to the billionaires whilst millions of working class and vulnerable people struggle to keep the lights on with hyperinflated energy bills? I would have thought you lot learnt Austerity kills by now.
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Then you should have no problem producing that record. Go on then.
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